Past Performances

Handel: Coronation Anthem I “Zadok the Priest"

Handel: Coronation Anthem II “Let Thy hand Be Strengthened”

Boyce: Symphony no 6

Handel's Coronation Anthem III “The King Shall Rejoice”

Mozart: Coronation Mass in C major K317

Conductor: 

Soloists: Dani May* (soprano), Rebecca Chellappah (alto), John Bacon (tenor), Robert Marson (bass)

*Unfortunately, Charlotte Newstead was indisposed and Dani May took her place.

Venue: St Mary's Church, Thornbury
 

Running Order for the Performances

3pm start, with welcome from Mrs Peaches Golding, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for Bristol and Samir Savant, CEO at St George’s, Bristol who has orchestrated this event.

Handel’s Coronation Anthem  – Zadok the Priest, conducted by Ben England and accompanied by the City of Bristol Brass Band

The mountains shall bring peace written for the King by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange sung by the Fitzhardinge Consort

Handel’s Coronation Anthem – Let thy hand be strengthened, conducted by John Davenport, sung by Arnos Vocale, the Fitzhardinge Consort and members of the cathedral choir and consort

Handel’s Coronation Anthem – The King Shall Rejoice conducted by John Davenport, sung by Thornbury Choral Society, the Fitzhardinge Consort and members of the cathedral choir and consort

Handel’s Coronation Anthem – My Heart is inditing conducted by Peter Wagstaff, sung by the Fitzhardinge Consort

Organ accompaniment by Mark Lee, Master of the Choristers and Cathedral Organist and Paul Walton, Assistant Cathedral Organist.

Repeat of Zadok the Priest

4pm – event ends

Poulenc: Gloria

Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine

Fauré: Two songs - Le Secret, Après un Rêve

Ramirez: Misa Criolla

Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man (selection)

Conductor: David Ogden

Soloists: Tim Burton (tenor), Matthew Clark ­(bass), James Drinkwater (piano), Ben Groenvelt (Double Bass, Nick Baron (percussion), Chris Hill (cello)

Venue: St Mary's Church, Thornbury

Haydn: Harmoniemesse

Zelenka: Miserere

Haydn: Symphony no 1 in D major

Vivaldi: Gloria

Vivaldi: Magnificat

Conductor: Steven Kings

Haydn: Harmoniemesse

Handel: Messiah

Conductor: Steven Kings

Beethoven: Mass in C

Schubert: Tantum Ergo and Magnificat

Mozart: Symphony no 31 "Paris"

Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha's Wedding Feast

Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance

Conductor: Steven Kings

Rutter: Requiem

Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine

Steven Kings: Care Charming Spells

Parry: I was glad

Franck: Panis angelicus

Mendelssohn: St Paul

Haydn: Nelson Mass

CPE Bach: Magnificat in D

Conductor: Steven Kings

Handel: Coronation Anthems I, II, IV

Mozart: Requiem

Conductor: Steven Kings

Puccini: Messa di Gloria

Handel: Judas Maccabeus

Rossini: Stabat Mater

Schubert: Mass in G

Haydn: Creation

Brahms: A German Requiem

Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer

Stanford: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis

Beethoven: Sonata No. 14 in C# minor “Moonlight” Op. 27 No. 2

Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 in A Op. 82

Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op 48 No. 1

Chopin: Polonaise in F# minor, Op 44

Liszt – Sonata in B minor

Soloist: John Lill

Venue: Armstrong Hall, Thornbury

John Lill offered to come back and play for us for a reduced fee after his recital in 2013 which unfortunately featured a dud piano.  The celebrated pianist produced a flawless performance and was very well received by a large and appreciative audience.

Beethoven: Egmont Overture

Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Choral)

Dvorak: Te Deum

Verdi: Requiem

Handel: Messiah

Fauré: Requiem

Poulenc: Gloria

Fauré: Pavane pour une Infante Defunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)

Vivaldi: Gloria

Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Parts I, II & III)

Handel: Zadok the Priest
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Janáček: Otčenáš (Our Father)

Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb

Steven Kings: Care Charming Spells (new commission, first performance)

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

Britten: Te Deum in C

Elgar: Great is the Lord

Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord Alway

Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

S S Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father

Charles Wood: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D

Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes Op 52

Orff: Carmina Burana

Conductor: Steven Kings

Junior Choir: Octaves

Soloists: Zoe Maitland (soprano), Rob Waters (tenor), Dan Robson (bass), 
Three Strange Angels (percussion), Robin Baggs (piano), James Drinkwater (piano)

Venue: The Castle School, Thornbury

Handel: Messiah

Conductor: Steven Kings

Orchestra

Soloists: Siân Winstanley (soprano), Pamela Rudge (alto), Rupert Charlesworth (tenor), Niall Hoskin (bass)

Venue: The Castle School, Thornbury

Bach: Magnificat

Tippett: Spirituals from "A Child of our Time"

Conductor: Steven Kings

Accompanist: Nigel Davies 

Soloists: Sophie Kirk (soprano), Chantal Clelland (soprano), Tom Bates (counter-tenor), Jorge Colorado (tenor), Will Rees (bass)

Venue: Thornbury Baptist Church

Haydn: Symphony no 44

Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Mozart: Solemn Vespers

Mozart: Coronation Mass

Conductor: Steven Kings

Orchestra

Soloists: 

Venue: The Castle School, Thornbury

Part of Thornbury Arts Festival.